"Berlin prosecutors say they have charged a member of the far-right Alternative fur Deutschland party with making a Nazi salute in parliament. The suspect allegedly greeted a party colleague at the east entrance to the Reichstag building with a heel click and a Hitler salute in June 2023, the prosecutors said in a statement issued on Monday. Making such a salute is illegal in Germany and is punishable by up to three years in prison."
"The newspaper Bild named the politician as Matthias Moosdorf, 60, a member of parliament for Zwickau in the former East German state of Saxony. The accused is said to have been aware that the greeting was visible to others in the entrance area, the prosecutors said. Moosdorf was stripped of his parliamentary immunity in light of the allegations in October. On Monday he posted on X denying having made the gesture."
Prosecutors charged a member of the far-right Alternative fur Deutschland with making a Nazi salute at the Reichstag in June 2023, allegedly accompanied by a heel click. German law bans such salutes and carries penalties of up to three years in prison. The newspaper Bild identified the accused as 60-year-old Matthias Moosdorf, an MP for Zwickau in Saxony. Prosecutors say the accused was aware the greeting was visible to others. Parliamentary immunity was lifted in October. Moosdorf denied the gesture on X. He joined the AfD in 2016 and was recently removed as foreign policy spokesperson.
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